2013 WGA Award Winners: ‘Argo’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty Take the Top Prizes

Another awards ceremony, another victory lap for Ben Affleck's 'Argo'! If it doesn't scoop up Best Picture at the Oscars next week, there are going to be a lot of very confused bookies. The latest accolade for the critically acclaimed crowd-pleaser comes courtesy of the Writer's Guild of America, who awarded screenwriter Chris Terrio the trophy for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The award for Best Original Screenplay went to Mark Boal for 'Zero Dark Thirty.' However, he doesn't have the Academy Award in the bag just yet! Boal's main competition at the Oscars this year is Quentin Tarantino's script for 'Django Unchained,' which wasn't eligible and therefore wasn't nominated here since Tarantino isn't a member of the WGA. It'll be an interesting showdown since Boal's script for 'The Hurt Locker' beat out Tarantino's script for 'Inglourious Basterds' at the Oscars a few years back.

Over in the television awards, 'Breaking Bad' won Outstanding Achievement in Writing a Drama Series (which went to the entire writing staff) and 'Mad Men' won Outstanding Achievement in Writing Episodic Drama for the episode "The Other Woman" (which went to the episode's writers, Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner). The two comedy awards went to 'Louie' and 'Modern Family,' with the former nabbing Outstanding Achievement in Writing a Comedy Series and the latter taking home Outstanding Achievement in Writing Episodic Comedy for the episode 'Virgin Territory.' Lena Dunham's 'Girls' continued its hot streak by winning the Best New Series award.

Check out the complete list of winners (which include recipients from all over the media spectrum) below!

Film

Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Adapted Screenplay
"Argo"
Screenplay by Chris Terrio
Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman

Outstanding Achievement in Writing Documentary - Other Than Current Events
"Nova" - "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap"
Telescript by Randall MacLowry
Story by Joseph McMaster and Randaall MacLowry

Outstanding Achievement in Writing Children's Television - Episodic & Specials
"Sesame Street" - "The Good Sport"
Written by Christine Ferraro

Outstanding Achievement in Writing Children's Television - Long Form or Special
"Girl vs. Monster"
Story by Annie DeYoung
Teleplay by Annie DeYoung and Ron McGee